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Days 7 & 8 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living.
Weekend brunches. Summer holidays. Barbecues. Festivities. Sunday roasts. All times when meat tends to feature heavily on our menus.
Did you know, though, that meat consumption has tripled over the last forty years and is Continue reading
Day 6 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living.
I’m pretty lucky that where I live it usually cools off at night. That’s because of our distance from the coast (so we have a continental climate), our elevation and because we usually get a sea breeze in the early evening. The result: we usually sleep well in summer.
But what happens if it doesn’t cool off at night? That can happen because of where you Continue reading
Days 3, 4 & 5 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living.
Summer in the southern hemisphere is in full swing with much of Australia heading into a heatwave.
What I do
In a previous post I describe 3 ways I keep my home cool without air-conditioning and its Continue reading
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Day 2 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living.
The post-Christmas January sales roll on and people are madly grabbing ‘bargains’ to update their wardrobes.
Yet some of us are busy enjoying the freedom that comes with not buying into the modern mantra/obsession/addiction of Continue reading
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Here I am on Day 1 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living.
One of the easiest ways of shifting to living a low carbon life can be done very quickly from the comfort of your home: switching to clean, renewable energy.
In fact, most Australians want their primary energy to come from clean, renewable energy. Continue reading